Peter Vieira
Wow, you're reading this? Thanks! If you're into RC cars and I seem vaguely familiar, it's because I spent over 25 years writing and editing RC car news, reviews, and tech articles in print and online. What else, what else ... I have a degree in Film Studies (useless), most of a degree in Graphic Design (useful), and I'm married to a wonderful woman with horrible taste in men. Thanks to her, we have a terrific daughter who just earned her Journalism degree and is way, waaay more together that I was at her age. Or right now.
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WHOA! I love movies but can’t believe I’ve never seen Rumble in the Bronx…just watched the clip; that scene is so AWESOME!!!
“Psycho-Pathe”
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Thank you for pointing out the “people=who”
I also see this in various kinds of other media, and it kinda drives me crazy since it sorta dehumanizes, which there’s already enough of that these days
That relative pronouns one gets abused so often that I had started to think someone had changed the rules.
Most people literally could care less, but those of us what do, care ALOT.
I hope that caused you as much pain to type as it did me to read.
I kind of like Jason’s blatant disregard for grammatical and other rules,makes things interesting,and I bet it bothers David.
? People who drive SAABs know the answer
✓ People who drive know Miata is the answer
What, no comments about how awesome that countach looked without doors or how cheesey the door rip off scene was? Thought we were car weirdos not grammar whatevers…
It’s rare for a Jackie Chan character to drive something other than a Mitsubishi since he had a product placement deal with them. I guess if the director wants a Countach, a Starion isn’t really a close enough substitute.
Well originally it was a Mitsubishi but the CVT on all the cars broke
I remember enjoying that movie, but it doesn’t hold up, does it.
Not all movies have to be perfect. Look at the worlds best movie History of the World Part 1
I’m not looking for perfection, but it’s a rare thing find a movie or show that still hits like it did when new.
Say, aren’t you worried about the estate of the artist formerly known as coming after you because of the images in this article? Or, because this is a members-only post, are you hoping that the Venn diagram between Autopian members and litigious estate staff is the null set?
Nary an airbag in that Jackie Chan 1995 film!
I suppose that pulling down the pic, or replacing it with one of Torch photoshopped into a purple suit, would only prove the point and be much less of an embarrassment than changing a topshot, so it’s not the cost of proving fair use but the cost of compliance with a theoretical initial cease and desist that is much lower.
The that/who rule is one that only the strictest of English nerds would notice. Colloquial speech drives the rules, not vice versa imo. If that’s the way people generally use it, then it is right.*
*exceptions include: using “literally” when not literal, and those pesky Germans calling a 4-door car a “coupe”. These are issues of definition, not grammar, so not the same case. The guy whomst’ve made the “who” rule is a “that guy.”
I gave an involuntary snort laugh at “my friend’s what’s into Volgas” is someone that knows all the rules and chooses ~violence~ to break them
P.S.. your comments should be markdown, emperor of all formats, even on mobile.
Sounds too British. “Is friend who’s into Volgas” works better. “My friend what’s into Austin Allegros” is also acceptable.
My friend Who’s into
Tardis’…Tardises… Tardim? He’s a Golgafrinchan. I mean a Galileean. I mean a Gallifrey. An.I’m assuming that’s a Kurt Vonnegut reference but Jason can explain it to you.
Apropos of
thathim, here is a Jackie Chan scene from a film called City Hunter; a fan of old video games should love it. 🙂https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbnQBCTSiA
(Apologies for the Cantonese audio; I’m not sure if there is one in Mandarin on YT.)
Just don’t explain the reference to DT.
“You tore the doors off my Countach!”
“No. I fixed it.”
My dad is a TV repairman, he has an excellent set of tools I can fix it
“It’s a Jeep thing.”
TIL about relative pronouns on my auto blog site.
Wait until you hear about restrictive vs non.
Restrictive == no commas
My friend who’s into cars likes the Countach. I.e. I have more than one friend, and I’m specifying which one (the one into cars, not the one into trains)
Nonrestrictive == commas
My friend, who’s into cars, likes the countach. I.e. I only have one friend and s/he likes cars. Or I’m just throwing in a little specification that’s germane to the conversation.
Where do we stand on reduction?
Surgical or thermal?
Phonetic
I have learned about it but I’m pretty sure I’m going to resist using it.
Feeling kind of targeted by that Captcha nonsense.
I recommend performing to wage on captcha